White v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, seven years.

F. A. Marie testified that he owned and operated the Winnie Cash Grocery Store in Galveston; that during Hurricane Carla he locked the doors and boarded up the store on September 9, 1961; that when he returned to his store on September 12, it appeared that a crowbar or axe had been used to force open the door. He further testified that two adding machines, some butcher knives, and a large amount of gro*651ceries and meat in the store when he closed September 9, were gone and had been taken without his consent.

The…